OS: Windows 11 Home PsychoPy version: v2024.2.4 Standalone installation: Yes Online experiment (Pavlovia): No Goal: I want to loop through a routine with the following sequence: Fixation cross: 1s Instruction (text): 0.8s Video: 2s Blank screen: 0.2s Both the instruction and the video chan…

I wouldn’t recommend setting AutoDraw every frame. I usually use opacity or location to show/hide visual stimuli. Big videos do take time to load. Does the video need to start from it’s beginning at 1.8 seconds or could it already be running (but invisible)?

Hello wakecarter, The video start at 1.8. The duration of the video itself is 2s and I show the video during 2s. What do you mean by don’t use AutoDraw every frame? Do you mean I can use AutoDraw one time and then chose to hide or show them when I want? Thank you for your answer.

What is the code for? I think most of it should be deleted and you should just use the start times and durations of the builder components. [image] Wakefield's Daily Tips Blog Builder isn’t Coder I strongly discourage the use of PsychoPy Coder for the creation…

The first reason I use this code is that the CSI (instruction duration) and the blank duration aren’t always the same. I calculate the blank duration based on the CSI. The second reason is that when I first started using Psychopy, I tried it with Builder and noticed issues with overlapping and timi…

I mean, I ask the user what CSI he wants (T), then I calculate the blank duration (V). So I have something like this: Fixation cross: 1s Instruction (text): T s Video: 2s Blank screen: V s

Unexpected delay due to MovieStim in looped routine (PsychoPy)

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What is the code for? I think most of it should be deleted and you should just use the start times and durations of the builder components.

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Unexpected delay due to MovieStim in looped routine (PsychoPy)

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